Halloween Countdown: The Endgame

Number Two

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992, Francis Ford Coppola












I like the tone of this movie and it sticks to the novel, so I appreciate that. However, Keanu Reeves bugs the crap out of me in this one. I would have settled for Dracula killing him in the first ten minutes and then the movie turning into a spring break, losing your virginity comedy. Unfortunately, Bram Stoker didnt have my vision.


Number One

Treehouse of Horror III

This one has it all. Killer Krusty Doll, King Homer(my personal favorite), and Dial Z for Zombies. One of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life, especially the line "Hey, nice shot Carl". Check out Z for Zombies and tell me I'm lying.



That's it. Happy Halloween everyone.

Halloween Countdown Continued Some More

Number 5

The Scream Trilogy



























Any of these are fun and not in the least scary. But if you want hot girls running full steam from a guy with a paper thin motive, these are the movies for you.

Number 4

Young Frankenstein





I like this movie because it has the feel of the old time movies but is actually entertaining. Plus the use of the word "sedagive".

Number 3

Carrie
1976, Brian De Palma



























The ending is so messed up. I wished this is how Hope Floats had ended. The worst thing is when I typed "Carrie" into Wikipedia to get this image, the first thing it thought I might be looking for is Carrie Heffernan, wife of Doug Heffernan on the King of Queens. Come on Wikipedia. I already have everything memorized about Carrie Heffernan. Like how she changed her name to Stacy Carosi for one summer so that she could date Zack Morris.

Halloween Countdown Continued

Number Eight:

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.














This one is always fun. I dont necessarily watch it from start to finish, but it is good to have on and catch five minutes of.

Number Seven:

Treehouse of Horror IV, The Simpsons

























Very funny stuff. The Simpsons always do a good job with the Halloweenery and anytime you can mix vampires and a "Super Happy Fun Slide", well, that's just a bonus. This particular episode has Bart on a Bus with a gremlin spoofing William Shatner and John Lithgow from the Twilight Zone show and movie, respectively, as well as Homer and his cursed doughnut, and Mr. Burns as Dracula.


Number Six:

The Shining
1980, Stanley Kubrick

























Jack Nicholson. Enough said. Although the original trailer doesnt make it seem like a scary movie at all. Check it out.

Halloween Countdown

So Halloween is almost here. I love this time of year because there is nice weather and it is the one time of year that I feel like watching crappy, scary movies. However, there are some not so crappy movies that I absolutely love to watch during the week of October 31st.
So leading up to Halloween, i am going to countdown my favorite things to watch during this time. This list is not a "Best Of", simply what I find puts me in the mood for candy-time. Let's start shall we:

Number 10:

Halloween
1978, John Carpenter


















Start off strong, that's what I say. This is such a great movie, because it is so simple. Crazy guy, Jamie Lee Curtis, and a conveniently absent police department. This movie was recently remade, but I refuse to see it. Although I wonder how a guy like Michael Myers would fare in the new world of ADT and bear mace. I'm sure he would adjust.


Number 9

The Thing
1982, John Carpenter

Let's go ahead and stick with John Carpenter. If you notice in Halloween, the young boy being babysat is watching the original "Thing From Outer Space". The best part of this movie is Kurt Russell trying to figure out who is an alien.





Love it.

Edumacate Yourself

I watched a special on PBS' Frontline about the US relations with Iran since 2001. Very enlightening about how the US has operated over the last couple of decades outside of our borders. Regardless of your poliitics, I suggest taking a view and making up your own mind. Here is the link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/showdown/

Audition Madness

Saturday, I went on the audition for student films at Webster University and it couldnt have gone better. I went in and read a two person scene with my friend Aaron Lawson, which made all the difference. He is such a good actor and willing to bring a lot of energy to the audition and just have fun. Also, we had a really good director running the audition and he had a lot of fun giving us different angles to read the script. I dont want to jinx anything, but the audition went so well, that I expect to be crazy famous in about three weeks. At which point I plan on making a string of romantic comedies with Kate Hudson, because that is what we in the business call a career jet-pack.

After the audition, I saw the movie "Gone, Baby Gone". Very good movie and I must say that both Afflecks did a great job on this one.

What am I doing?

So I am having trouble following through with anything these days. Short films, animations, etc. I cant seem to get motivated to do anything for more than two weeks at a time. That's great for smoking ham, but not for filmmaking. Somehow Spielberg does both. That guy.

That's why I am trying to get back into acting. That way I have to work on someone's schedule and work, work, work. Hopefully, that will set me straight. I have at least a dozen ideas that I want to produce, but they can be so demanding of your time.

Thanks to my friends, Peter, Sam and Janine, we were able to get an improv scene transferred from the stage to the screen. Below is the YouTube.



I should give a solo credit to my chin in that video. It takes up 63% of my face. I measured. I wish I was at least able to use it for storage. That's where I would put my spare bacon.

So auditions for student films are Saturday. This should put me on my path to being the next Haley Joel Osmont.